Decision details

The Newhaven Port Access Road (NPAR) is identified as a priority in the County Council Plan as well as within the Coast to Capital Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) Local Growth Deal.
The delivery of the NPAR is integral to the Newhaven Enterprise Zone announced in the Chancellor’s 2015 Autumn Statement, the delivery of the Port’s Masterplan and, along with the investment being made in the flood defences in the town by the Environment Agency and the two LEP’s - Coast to Capital (C2C LEP) and South East (SE LEP), will help the viability of commercial and housing development sites in the Newhaven area.
The NPAR will open up land to enable the delivery of 9,750sqm employment space in the port, creating over 620 new net additional jobs in the town. From the economic assessment to support the business case, the NPAR will derive Gross Value Added (GVA) benefits of over £340m up to 2030 at present value and will represent very high value for money from an economic perspective.

The value of the contract is £18.5m.

It was decided this tender should be awarded to BAM Nuttall Ltd using GEN3 Framework (option 1) as they were the only tender to be received which complied with all of the requirements.

The decision was approved by the Director Of Communities, Economy and Transport in consultation with the Lead Member, Cllr Ruper Simmons.

Option 1: Generation 3 Civil Engineering, Highways and Transportation Infrastructure Works (GEN3) Framework
Option 2: Open Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU)
Option 3: Restricted OJEU